(September 10, 2012 at 2:36 am)Dumac Dwarfking Wrote: To the atheists who were once religious (not necessarily Christian), what made you change your mind? Did someone convince you, or did you come to the conclusion on your own?
For me it was reading the story when Eve ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge. I was still a child then, but I started to wonder why a god would consider it a sin to have knowledge and understand, especially since I loved to learn myself. I was a christian/pantheist until I turned 19. Slowly I started questioning my beliefs, asserting whether it was sensible to hold such viewpoints that I did, and when I finally came to the conclusion that I couldn't call myself a christian, because I didn't believe in the bible, Jesus, the holy spirit etc, I still prayed and thought a god was looking out for me. Then it hit me, wanting/needing a god was just my imagination and a mental security blanket. I left church and for a day I thought I would be severely punished, but nothing bad happened, my good luck continued and I knew that I had come to the right conclusion.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
